Karl Schäfer
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Gold | 1932 Lake Placid | Men's singles | |
| Gold | 1936 Garmish-Partenkirchen | Men's singles | |
Karl Schäfer (born May 17, 1909 in Vienna, died April 23, 1976 in Vienna) was an Austrian figure skater and Olympic champion.
Karl Schäfer was born not far from the artificial ice rink of Eduard Engelmann Jr. in Vienna-Hernals. When he was 11 years old, the figure skating coach Rudolf Kutzer first recognized his talent. In 1923 he participated in an ice show in Hernhals as "Rosenkavalier".
Schäfer was talented in other ways as well. He played the violin very well, and was also Austrian breaststroke champion several times.
After the end of his figure skating career in 1936 he moved for a couple of years to the United States and worked there as a coach. In 1938 he opened a sport store in Vienna. In 1940 he and Herta Wächter (also a figure skating coach) founded the "Karl-Schäfer-Eisrevue" (Karl Schäfer Ice Revue).
In 1943 he became an actor and was the star of the movie "Der weiße Traum" (The White Dream), which was produced on Engelmann's ice rink in Vienna-Hernals.
After the World War II Schäfer participated in rebuilding the Engelmann's ice rink, and from 1946 on he coached young skaters there.
Between 1956 and 1962 he moved again to the U.S. to work as a figure skating coach. From 1962 he returned as a coach to Vienna-Hernals and lived and worked there until he died.
He was married to Christine Engelmann, the youngest daughter of Eduard Engelmann Jr.
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[edit] Olympic Winter Games
[edit] World Championships
- 1927 – 3rd place
- 1928 – 2nd place
- 1929 – 2nd place
- 1930 – 1st place
- 1931 – 1st place
- 1932 – 1st place
- 1933 – 1st place
- 1934 – 1st place
- 1935 – 1st place
- 1936 – 1st place
[edit] European Championships
- 1927 – 3rd place
- 1928 – 2nd place
- 1929 – 1st place
- 1930 – 1st place
- 1931 – 1st place
- 1932 – 1st place
- 1933 – 1st place
- 1934 – 1st place
- 1935 – 1st place
- 1936 – 1st place
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1908: Ulrich Salchow | 1920: Gillis Grafström | 1924: Gillis Grafström | 1928: Gillis Grafström | 1932: Karl Schäfer | 1936: Karl Schäfer | 1948: Dick Button | 1952: Dick Button | 1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins | 1960: David Jenkins | 1964: Manfred Schnelldorfer | 1968: Wolfgang Schwarz | 1972: Ondrej Nepela | 1976: John Curry | 1980: Robin Cousins | 1984: Scott Hamilton | 1988: Brian Boitano | 1992: Viktor Petrenko | 1994: Alexei Urmanov | 1998: Ilia Kulik | 2002: Alexei Yagudin | 2006: Evgeni Plushenko |
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1891: Oskar Uhlig | 1892-1894: Eduard Engelmann jr. | 1895: Tibor von Foldvary | 1898-1900: Ulrich Salchow | 1901: Gustav Hügel | 1904: Ulrich Salchow | 1905: Max Bohatsch | 1906-1907: Ulrich Salchow | 1908: Ernst Herz | 1909-1910: Ulrich Salchow | 1911: Per Thorén | 1912: Gosta Sandahl | 1913: Ulrich Salchow | 1914: Fritz Kachler | 1922-1923: Willy Böckl | 1924: Fritz Kachler | 1925-1928: Willy Böckl | 1929-1936: Karl Schäfer | 1937-1938: Felix Kaspar | 1939: Graham Sharp | 1947: Hans Gerschwiler | 1948: Richard Button | 1949: Edi Rada | 1950: Ede Király | 1951-1952: Helmut Seibt | 1953-1954: Carlo Fassi | 1955-1957: Alain Giletti | 1958-1959: Karol Divin | 1960-1961: Alain Giletti | 1962-1964: Alain Calmat | 1965-1968: Emmerich Danzer | 1969-1973: Ondrej Nepela | 1974: Jan Hoffmann | 1975: Vladimir Kovalev | 1976: John Curry | 1977-1979: Jan Hoffmann | 1980: Robin Cousins | 1981: Igor Bobrin | 1982-1983: Norbert Schramm | 1984: Alexander Fadeev | 1985-1986: Jozef SabovÄÃk | 1987-1989: Alexander Fadeev | 1990-1991: Viktor Petrenko | 1992: Petr Barna | 1993: Dmitri Dmitrenko | 1994: Viktor Petrenko | 1995: Ilia Kulik | 1996: Viacheslav Zagorodniuk | 1997: Alexei Urmanov | 1998-1999: Alexei Yagudin | 2000-2001: Evgeny Plushenko | 2002: Alexei Yagudin | 2003: Evgeny Plushenko | 2004: Brian Joubert | 2005-2006: Evgeny Plushenko | 2007: Brian Joubert |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Schäfer, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schafer, Karl |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Austrian figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1909 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1976 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Vienna |
